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Skills

Programming: R, Python, Stan, SQL

Data science: Statistical modeling and data visualization of survey, network, spatial, and text data. Combining disparate data sources, including from web-scraping, APIs, and Hive tables.

Language: English (native), Spanish (advanced), Japanese (advanced), French (intermediate)

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Last updated on 2020-11-25.

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Connor Gilroy

Computational sociologist & PhD student

Education

PhD, Sociology

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

expected 2022 - 2018

Comprehensive Exam: “Community: Origins, Processes, and Consequences.” Passed with distinction (June 2019)

Certificate: Special Concentration in Social Statistics (May 2019)

MA, Sociology

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2018 - 2015

Thesis: “How Distinct is Gay Neighborhood Change? Patterns and Variation in Gayborhood Trajectories.”

  • Department of Sociology Outstanding Master’s Thesis (2019)
  • Graduate School Distinguished Thesis Award in Social Sciences (2019)

Committee: Kate Stovel (chair), Emilio Zagheni

BA, Biology and Geophysical Sciences

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2013 - 2009

Minor: Gender and Sexuality Studies

Publications

Measuring the Predictability of Life Outcomes with a Scientific Mass Collaboration

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2020

Salganik, Matthew J., Ian Lundberg, Alexander T. Kindel, [and 109 others, including Connor Gilroy]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(15):8398–8403.

Humans in the Loop: Incorporating Expert and Crowdsourced Knowledge for Predictions using Social Survey Data

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2019

Anna Filippova, Connor Gilroy, Ridhi Kashyap, Antje Kirchner, Allison C. Morgan, Kivan Polimis, Adaner Usmani, and Tong Wang. Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023118820157. (corresponding author)

Work in Progress

How Distinct is Gay Neighborhood Change? Patterns and Variation in Gayborhood Trajectories

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Digital Traces of Sexualities: How Patterns of Social Media Disclosure Can Extend the Demography of Sexuality

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With Ridhi Kashyap.

Social Structure and Change in Public Opinion: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage

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With Katherine Stovel. Invited book chapter for Architecture of the Social, Peter Hedström and Petri Ylikoski, editors. draft submitted September 2016

Fellowships, Honors, & Awards

2019. Graduate School Distinguished Thesis Award in Social Sciences

2019. Department of Sociology Outstanding Master’s Thesis

2018. Travel Award, Schwartz Endowment, University of Washington ($1000)

2017. Best Poster (for “Extending the Demography of Sexuality with Digital Trace Data”) (co-winner), Fall Lightning Talks and Poster Session, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington

2017. Travel Award, Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation, University of Washington ($500)

2017. Participant in the Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS), Princeton University

2016–2017. NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Fellowship, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington ($23376)

2016. Schwartz Award, Department of Sociology, University of Washington ($3500)

2015–2016. Top Scholar Award, Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation, University of Washington

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

present - 2020

  • Text and network community detection (with Zack Almquist) | Python, R

User Experience Research Intern

Facebook

Seattle, WA

2020

  • Quantitative studies of participation in new communities | R, SQL

Consultant, Survey Data Analysis

The World Bank Group

Washington, DC

2020

  • Modeling and visualization of gender-based disparities in Central Asia | R

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2018 - 2015

  • Agent-based network models (with Katherine Stovel) | NetLogo, R

Teaching Experience

Instructor

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

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  • SOC 225: Data and Society (2018, 2019)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

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Undergraduate:

  • SOC 316: Sociological Theory (2019)
  • SOC 225: Data and Society (2018)
  • SOC 401 A: Data Science and Population Processes (2017)
  • SOC 351: Intimate Relationships (2016)

Graduate:

  • SOC 504, 505, 506: Social Statistics (2019-2020)
  • CSSS 564: Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences (2018, 2019)

Workshops

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  • Organizer, Seattle partner location for the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS-Seattle). eScience Institute, University of Washington (2018)
  • Facilitator, IUSSP Training workshop on Social Media, Big Data and Digital Demography. Side meeting at the International Population Conference, Cape Town (2017)

Other Work Experience

Quality Assurance

Epic Systems Corporation

Verona, WI

2015 - 2013

  • Automated and manual software testing | C#, Python, Excel

Service

Reviews for Socius, Demographic Research, CHI, Journal of Homosexuality

2020–present. Secretary, Graduate Student Association, Department of Sociology, University of Washington

2018–2020. Organizer, Computational Demography Working Group, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington

2018. Influencer, Social Media Team, ASA Sexualities Preconference

2016–2017. Officer, Rainbow Grads, University of Washington

2015–2017. Wiki Coordinator, Graduate Student Association, Department of Sociology, University of Washington

Conference Presentations

Digital Traces of Sexualities: How Patterns of Social Media Disclosure Can Extend the Demography of Sexuality

Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association

New York, NY

2019

Regular session, “Sexualities I: Measuring Continuity and Change in Sexualities”

How Distinct is Gay Neighborhood Change? Patterns and Variation in Gayborhood Trajectories

Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association

Philadelphia, PA

2018

Special session on “The Social and Cultural Construction of Places”

Power in the Pipeline? Queer Accountability and the Ethics of Data Processing

ASA Sexualities Section Preconference

Philadelphia, PA

2018

“Methodologically Queer” panel

Extending the Demography of Sexuality with Digital Trace Data

Population Association of America Annual Meeting

Denver, CO

2018

Session on Families, Social Media, and Technology

Social Movement Framing in the Media: The Case of Recent Anti-LGBT Legislation in the United States

Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association

Montréal, QC, Canada

2017

Sociology of Sexualities Roundtable Session